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abstract apart from physical existence; theoretical rather than concrete
evolve to change or gradually develop over time
explicit clearly stated or expressed
facilitate to make something easier; to assist or help
infer to deduce from evidence or reason
asylum mental hospital; sometimes refers to a safe place
spire the sharp top of a building. Ex: a steeple on a church
reactionary resistance to change or progress
chaotically disorderly and unpredictably
reallocate to distribute or apportion again; to reassign; to move resources from one place and move them to another
turbulence violent disordered movement; disturbance or interference
proximity nearness; LATIN: proximus=near
bore pass tense of to bear or carry
ergonomics the study of making things physically efficient and built for convenience and speed for accomplishing tasks
evacuee someone who is evacuating an area
propagate to move forward, extend, or continue; to reproduce or extend in quantity
evocative to stand out or seem really important and elevated in diction or importance
amok "run amok" for a situation to go badly
egress ex=out gress=movement ways of moving out of a giving building or exiting
inevitably unavoidly.
commensurate corresponding or equal manner. As a teacher, I am not paid commensurate with my abilities and skills in teaching students; I am paid much less.
sophisticated complicated, filled with many parts and processes
existential here and now, literally in the moment. When the disaster struck, it was an existential threat.
queue the long line or list of things. In this case, referring to a list of people.
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